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Will Ferrell made waves at this USC graduation with his speech as, “Dr. Ferrell.” His commencement speech was hilarious. Get a taste of it from this segment from The WLS Wake Up Call and t...

Happy Birthday to Stevie Wonder, who turns 67 on today!!! Wonder was born Stevland Judkins in Saginaw, Michigan in 1950, and later on legally changed his last name to Morris. At 12-years-old, “L...

Its Steve Winwood‘s 69th birthday. Winwood has been a working musician nearly all of his life having joined the Spencer Davis Group band in 1963 at the age of 15. Two years later the band releas...

DNAInfo.com has released the definitive list of Summer Farmer Markets around the Chicago-Area. As we continue you through May, more markets are already kicking off their seasonal runs. Daley PlazaR...

The adorable and adoptable little Woodstock needs a home. The puppy seen above and below is the very friendly Woodstock. All of his siblings have found homes and he’s the last remaining puppy. C...

Happy birthday to the one and only Bob Seger. Seger has been performing since 1961 and formed the Silver Bullet Band in 1973. Check out one of his greatest classics below! https://www.youtube.com/watc...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYPfqQh47mU Need a snack and a boost? Einstein Bros. now has you covered with this bizarre pairing: The Espresso Bagel. According to Einstein Bros’ website...

What’s in the box? Hannah from Minneapolis sent us our first mystery box and we couldn’t wait to open it on the air!

Happy birthday to Frankie Valli and Christopher Cross! And a very happy birthday to the late Godfather of Soul, James Brown (1933-2006).

Join 94.7 WLS and Ron Parker at the Chicago Housing Expo at Malcolm X College on Saturday, April 22nd from 3pm-5pm. Learn how to buy, sell, rent and renovate your house with us! Plus Ron will be givin...